Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce
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Charles Lennox Cumming-Bruce (20 February 1790 – 1 January 1875), was a Scottish Conservative
politician. He was the second son of Sir Alexander Cumming-Gordon, 1st Baronet
, and in 1820 married Mary Elizabeth Bruce, the only daughter of James Bruce
.
He served as the Member of Parliament for the Inverness Burghs
constituency from 1831 to 1837 - being re-elected in 1834 with a majority of only four votes, and for Elginshire and Nairnshire
from 1840 to 1868.
Cumming-Bruce's only child Elizabeth Mary Cumming-Bruce married James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
.
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician. He was the second son of Sir Alexander Cumming-Gordon, 1st Baronet
Sir Alexander Cumming-Gordon, 1st Baronet
Sir Alexander Penrose Cumming-Gordon, 1st Baronet was a Scottish politician.Cumming-Gordon sat as Member of Parliament for Inverness Burghs from 1802 to 1803. In 1804 he was created a Baronet, of Altyre near Forres....
, and in 1820 married Mary Elizabeth Bruce, the only daughter of James Bruce
James Bruce
James Bruce was a Scottish traveller and travel writer who spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia, where he traced the origins of the Blue Nile.-Youth:...
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He served as the Member of Parliament for the Inverness Burghs
Inverness Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
Inverness Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918...
constituency from 1831 to 1837 - being re-elected in 1834 with a majority of only four votes, and for Elginshire and Nairnshire
Elginshire and Nairnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Elginshire and Nairnshire was a county constituency in Scotland. From 1832 to 1918, it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.- Boundaries :...
from 1840 to 1868.
Cumming-Bruce's only child Elizabeth Mary Cumming-Bruce married James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Sir James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat...
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